Author: Pat Nadolski

28November 2018

The Nikon Z6 Disassembly and Teardown

Nearly two months ago, we dove into the Nikon Z7 and showed you what was happing inside all the way down to the sensor. Today, we did the same with the Z7's standard resolution counterpart, the Nikon Z6. At 25 megapixels and just under $2000 MSRP, the Z6 is encroaching on the Sony A7 III's turf. The A7 III has proven itself to be a high-p...

The Fujifilm X-T3 Infrared Photography Review

The Fujifilm X-T3 that we tore down last week is now a fully capable, full-spectrum camera. As we did with the Nikon Z7 and EOS R, we'll be putting the X-T3 through our full set of infrared photography tests. We'll test the X-T3 for user-friendliness with respect to IR photography, infrared color performance, sensor artifacts, light lea...

The Fujifilm X-T3 Disassembly and Teardown

You might have thought the Fujifilm X-T series was finished with the release of the X-H1, that Fujifilm was digging into the competition and leaving their love of style behind as was evident with that monstrosity. (We mean that lovingly.) But, the X-T3 is here, and it's as beautiful as ever. Not only that, but the X-T3 even outperforms th...

The Canon EOS R Infrared Photography Review

Now that our Canon EOS R is back in one piece (see our EOS R Teardown article here), we can test its performance for infrared photography. Just like our last infrared photography review of the Nikon Z7, we'll be testing for user-friendliness with respect to IR photography, infrared color performance, sensor artifacts, light leaks, ho...

The Unbiased Canon EOS R Disassembly and Teardown

The Canon EOS R was cause for some internal controversy here at Kolari Vision. After all, we're in the middle of The Great Mirrorless Camera War. Tensions are bound to rise, turning brother against brother, camera tech against camera tech, and photographer against photographer. Despite this, I will do my best to describe the for...

The Nikon Z7 Infrared Photography Review

Now that we've had a good look at the Nikon Z7, both inside and out, let's see how it stacks up for infrared photography. For testing, we're using the same Nikon Z7 from our teardown article (which you should read if you haven't already), converted to full-spectrum with our whole range of infrared filters. Our main focus areas are ease-of...

Nikon Z7 Disassembly and Teardown

Our brand new Nikon Z7 full frame mirrorless camera arrived at the office this week, and we immediately got down to business. Four years ago, Sony fired the first shot of this battle with the A7 and continued to release one iteration after another, each improving on the last, and did so completely unanswered by the competition until Augus...

Infrared Photography Post Processing with Luminar

The final hurdle to mastering infrared photography is post-processing. Once you figure out how to set custom a white balance for each different infrared filter, the properties of infrared light, and how to best compose your infrared shots with your specific camera model, there is still the business of editing those raw, out-of-camera infr...

Sony A7R III Weather Sealing Examination

When we finished our teardown article for the A7R III last week, we didn't anticipate just how badly people wanted to see the new camera body's weather sealing. This may seem like a no brainer since weather sealing is something avid Sony mirrorless camera shooters like myself are pining for (not that it's stopped my A6000 from weathering ...